Afrox is the largest gases and welding products supplier in its industry across sub-Saharan Africa and a member of Linde. 2017 saw Afrox celebrate 90 years in business, going strong! We are the partner of choice for thousands of customers, offering quality products, services and the latest in technologies to healthcare providers, hospitality, food and beverage sectors, renewable energy, specialty and propellant gases, as well as atmospheric and welding gases and related products to the mining, steel, automotive, smelting, construction and fabrication markets for a wide range of processes. Afrox was founded in 1927, listed on the JSE in 1963 under the Chemicals sector, and has prospered by constantly meeting the needs of customers and developing solutions that add value to customers’ applications. Afrox operates in South Africa and in seven other African countries and manages operations in five more on behalf of our parent company, Linde, a global gases, engineering and technology company.
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The Afrox annual revenue was $402.3 million in 2026.
Mayur Agarwal is the Director - Finance and Controlling, Region Africa of Afrox.
833 people are employed at Afrox.
Afrox is based in Sandton, Gauteng.
The NAICS codes for Afrox are [33, 32512, 333, 325, 3251, 32].
The SIC codes for Afrox are [35, 354, 36, 3548].